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| 25th Hour |
Taking David Benioff's eponymous novel as his source, Lee cast Edward Norton in the role of a convicted drug dealer who spends his last night of freedom before serving a seven-year jail term bidding goodbye to friends, family and New York.
Lee tackles the (then still raw) fall-out of 9/11 on the collective psyche in a film that captures the atmosphere of the city in the months following the attack.
Composer (and long-time collaborator) Terence Blanchard distinguishes himself with a lush, evocative score in an impressionistic film of resonant moods, sounds and images.
"A crazy, moving evocation of the absurdity and tenacity of the American Dream" A.O. Scott,
The New York Times
